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Obituary for Dr. Victor Sidel, a co-founder and former president of PSR.
Source: New York TimesLetter to the editor from PSR Arizona's Russell Lowes on the economics of rooftop solar.
Source: The Arizona Daily StarPSR Philadelphia's Dr. Walter Tsou will speak at a hearing on proposed fracking wells, explaining the negative health impacts.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review"Pumping chemicals is a very dangerous practice and would pose a grave threat to public health," said Dr. Todd Sack, a representative of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Doctors would never know what chemicals their patients are drinking."
Source: Florida Politics"Ignoring scientific studies of the past decade and growing global sentiment by the world's non-nuclear states to abolish nuclear weapons, with this announcement the new arms race begins and the Cold War resumes," says PSR's Dr. Robert Dodge in this op-ed.
Source: Common DreamsLetter to the editor from PSR Security Director Martin Fleck on the urgency and hope to be found in the movement to ban nuclear weapons.
Source: Harper's MagazineVictor W. Sidel, MD, a visionary medical leader and founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), died on January 30, 2018 at his children's home in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Dr. Sidel's 60 years of advocacy invigorated the American medical and public health communities for the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament.
Op-ed by PSR's Dr. Robert Dodge, who says, "It's time to abolish nuclear weapons."
Source: Common DreamsLetter to the editor from PSR's Dr. Bob Dodge, in response to a recent editorial.
Source: The New York TimesOp-ed co-authored by PSR Wisconsin's Dr. Paula Rogge.
Source: Wisconsin State JournalOp-ed by PSR member Dr. Janis Petzel.
Source: Bangor Daily News"The most effective preparation would be to abolish all nuclear weapons as 122 nations have voted to do through the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty," says PSR Sacramento's Dr. Harry Wang in this letter to the editor.
Source: Sacramento BeeOp-ed by Student PSR's James Baier, Michael Musharbash and Autumn Vogel, medical students who represented PSR at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo in December.
Source: BuzzflashOp-ed by PSR's Dr. David Drake, who says that there can be no medical response to nuclear war, only prevention.
Source: Des Moines RegisterThe Winter 2018 issue of the peer-reviewed journal of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics features this article about the harmful effects of lead in Florida schools, co-authored by three PSR members, Donald M. Axelrad, PhD; Ronald H. Saff, MD; and Lynn Ringenberg, MD. (See page 6.)
Source: The Florida PediatricianOp-ed by Student PSR member and medical student Autumn Vogel.
Source: Lancaster OnlinePSR is among groups suing the EPA over a decision to bar grant recipients from serving on advisory boards.
Source: The Washington PostLetter to the editor by PSR Harrisburg's Dr. James E. Jones.
Source: The Patriot-NewsOp-ed by PSR Maine's Dr. Paul Potvin.
Source: Portland Press HeraldOp-ed by PSR Arizona's Rick Graap, MD and Schulyer Hilts, MD.
Source: Arizona Daily Star